Neck-yoke.



J. A. KOYEN.

NECK YOKB.

APPLIGATION FILED Amma. 191s.

1,073,766. Patented sept.23,1913.

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JESSE A. KOYEN, OF WASHINGTON HARBOR, WISCONSIN.

NECK-YOKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led April 28, 1913.

Patented Sept. 23, 1913.

Serial No. 764,104.

To all whom/15 muy concern:

Be it known that I, Jnssn A. Koran, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vashington Harbor, in the county of Door and State of lVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Neck- Yokes; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, .and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it, appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in neck yokes and particularly to means for attaching the neck yoke straps thereto.

One object of the invention is to provide a neck yoke having an improved construction and arrangement of clips for attaching the neck yoke straps thereto whereby these straps may be readily engaged with and disengaged from the ends of the neck yoke.

Another object is to provide a strap connection of kthis character which will be simple, strong, durable and inexpensive in coustruction, efficient and reliable in operation and which may be applied to any neck yoke to take the place of the rigid or other form of clips arranged thereon.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and claimed.

ln the accompanying drawings: .Figure 1 is a perspective view of a neck yoke having my improved strap connections applied thereto; Fig. 2 is an enlarged side view of one end of the yoke with parts broken away and in section and showing in full and dotted lines the closed and open position of the clip; Fig. 3 .is a bottom plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 2.

In the accompanying drawings, N denotes the neck yoke to which my improved strap connections are attached and which may be of the usual or any desired construction. My improved strap connections are attached to the neck yoke near its ends and comprise base plates l which are secured to the lower sides of the neck yoke by screws 2 or other suitable fastening devices and in which near their outer ends are formed apertures in which are secured upwardly extending metal sockets 3 which form keepers for the free ends of the clips 4l. The clips 4: may be of any suitable shape but are preferably of substantially U shape and are hinged at their inner ends to the bifurcated .lower end 5 of attaching bolts G which are arranged transversely through the ends of the neck yoke and through apertures in the base plates 1 as shown. As shown the base plates l are securely fastened upon the neck yoke by the enlarged li ifurcated ends 5 of the bolts 6 which also form the hinged connections for the clips 1l; and therefore it is obvious that said bit'urcatcd ends perform two functions in carrying out the practical utility of the device. The free ends of the clips are somewhat. longer than the hinged ends and said free ends of the clips are adapted to be engaged wit-h the sockets or keepers 3 whereby the ends of the clips are secured when in a closed position. The clips are closed and yieldingly held in a closed position by flatl springs 7, the outer ends of which are riveted or otherwise securely fastened to the base 'plates l near their inner' ends. The outer or 'free ends of the springs 7 are [')referably notched to iit around the outer surface of the clips l, with the hinged inner ends of which said free ends of the s] )rings 7 ha ve a sliding engagenient whereby the clips when open will swing outwardly against the pressure of said springs and when said clips are released the springs will again close the same and bring the free ends thereof into engagement with the sockets 3 as is clearly shown in full and dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

By means of my improved clips it will be seen that when it is desired to connect the neck yoke straps with the ends of the neck yoke, it is simply necessary to swing the free ends of the clips outwardly whereupon the loops or eyes in the neck yoke straps may be slipped onto the ends of the neck yoke after which the free ends of the clips are swung inwardly and engaged with the keepers or sockets, thereby fastening the neck yoke straps to the ends of the neck yoke. The engagement of the free ends of the clips with the sockets or keepers 3 will positively prevent the disengagement of the neck yoke straps from the ends of the neck yoke until the clips are again swung outwardly against the pressure of the springs 7 in the manner described.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various Changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, What l claiin is:

In a neck yoke, strap connections comprising base plates secured to the neck yoke and having' in one of their ends a socket, clip attaching bolts arranged through said neck yoke and base plates and provided With enlarged bifurcated ends for bindingV contact with the plates, substantially U-shaped clips hinged at one end to the bifurcated ends of said bolts and having their enlarged y free ends adapted to engage With said sockets,

and springs secured at one end to said base Y said clips whereby the latter are yieldingly held in closed position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of tvvo subscribing Witnesses.

JESSE A. KOYEN.

lVitnesses: i Y

MARGRE'r RioHTER, MAGNUS GUDMUNDSEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained yfor five cents each, by addressing the. Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

